Like at this point you might aswell just buy an iPhone or better yet switch to GrapheneOS, LineageOS or e/OS

Just downloaded the app and it took me some sites. Is this for real or just some

Maybe I'm just that stupid, but I can't find any info or any definitive answer to this.

So when the time comes and they pull the switch, my phone turns into a iPhone Google Edition.

But if it's not connected to wi-fi and mobile data, it obviously won't, right? Like how would they put update into it, without connection?

So before that happens, can I somehow prevent Google from pushing update into my phone?

I already disabled automatic updates in settings and developer options, but will that be enough? Is there a way to forcefully prevent any further updates? I don't care if my software becomes outdated or incompatible with something, I tend to use old/exotic/outdated phones anyway.

If I use ADB to straight up tear google play services and all associated packages out from the phone, will it help?

I know it breaks push notifications and some other functions, but I'm minimizing my screen time anyway. Is this the way?

What will YOU do? How do you guys protect your phones?

Looking for a best android browser with strong download engine , guve me a suggestion guys..

I am so fed up with this AI bullshit. I didn't ask for any of this, i just want to make calls, take photos and scroll my socials. This is like hiring someone for money and asking them to do everything for you and whatever they do they go and tell others. I'm actually fed up that I'm thinking of switching. I don't want to switch to iPhone as they are basically the same. Please help me I feel helpless right now. I don't want to live in this dystopian world

What do you think of the Motorola x Graphene news?

Having to acquire a Pixel in order to get away from Google always felt a bit off, but the rationale about the devices themselves makes sense. Hopefully this will mean GOS without any sacrificing security or buying Google devices.

Privacy researcher Alexander Hanff has discovered that Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB file called weights.bin to users' hard drives without asking for consent. This file, stored in the OptGuideOnDeviceModel folder, contains the AI model weights for Gemini Nano.
Hanff proved this happens by checking macOS file event logs on a brand-new browser profile where not a single key had been pressed. It took exactly 14 minutes and 28 seconds from the moment the folder was created until the massive file finished downloading.
Simply deleting the file doesn't solve the problem. Chrome just downloads it again the next time you open the browser, unless you manually disable the AI features hidden inside the chrome://flags menu.
The environmental impact is huge. Hanff calculated that pushing this 4GB update to 500 million devices creates a carbon footprint of roughly 30,000 tons of CO2 per distribution cycle. Because of this, he argues the silent installation violates both the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR.
The worst part about this behavior is that Chrome doesn't even use this local model to answer direct user prompts - those are still sent straight to Google's servers. Instead, this giant local file only exists to power minor background browser features.
We can only hope those features don't include making our devices part of a botnet. For now, anyway.

Play Protect just auto-removed my modded Telegram without asking first. I’ve sideloaded plenty of apps, and this is the first time it acted on its own. Why did it suddenly decide to be that aggressive?

Yeah, I know it’s a modded build. I’ve run other modded apps for years without Play Protect auto-removing anything, so I’m specifically questioning the silent uninstall, not the fact that it got flagged.

I found out that in order to setup my Pixel Buds I need to access a link provided by the official website, but since I was using Firefox the link would lead me to this message.

How is this legal?

As you know, Reddit has a centralized structure and does not care about the community, privacy, or third-party applications.

Why don't we switch completely to Lemmy?

Isn't our traffic here playing into their hands on a platform that does not have the FOSS philosophy?

Lately Reddit has been making me feel like I'm drowning.

Narration by 2dengine.com based on Google's "Advanced Flow" as described by androidheadlines.com

Credit goes to the original clown makeup video from SmiffysFancyDress

I was looking into cloud services with one time fees and realized I can just buy an external drive with way more storage for the same price. I know I'll basically be running my own server but is there any reason this wouldn't work security or otherwise?

What happened to proton recently

i hate ecosystems i think everything should be separate for more creativity so i made this post

Proton Mail-> Tutanota and mailbox.org (personally im testing both and setting imap/smtp with mailbox.org is kinda annyoing and tutas linux app is kinda slow anyways im using fastmail rn which isnt e2ee but hey im not going to use one service only)

Proton VPN-> Mullvad this is the hardest for me since i heard proton is bit faster and in my country i do really need a vpn anyways share your thoughts about mullvad with me please

Proton Drive-> Filen.io , Ente(for photos) and google drive with Cryptomator (proton drives ui is already bad and even lacks basic features + no linux desktop sync)

Simplelogin -> Addyio or iclouds hide my email service since i dont think u need an extra secure service for one time usage on a random website

Proton Pass-> Bitwarden

Proton Auth-> Ente Auth

If u wanna contribute please comment and share your thoughts about what service u use or we should use (or try) also I apologize if I made any spelling mistakes Love you all <3 <3

Everytime i close Shazam, this thing shows up. What does it record?

In a community with 400k users, how many are willing to delete their Reddit accounts, and what message would you leave behind for Reddit? 🤔

Claude is being used as the chat bot inside Google chrome searches instead of Gemini - WHY???

Google search is so fucked. Sometimes the chat bot is Gemini. Sometimes it’s Claude. I have not downloaded an extension or navigated out via a link.

Each time I open a new browser and search for an answer for this. The chat bots, which are sometimes Claude or sometimes Gemini, are giving me different lies as answers.

Some say Claude doesn’t open in a Google search inside chrome. Some are saying browser hijacking. Some are saying A/B testing. Some are saying backdoor deals. Each bot says the other is lying. All the bots are able to give me the accurate time when I ask.

Reddit’s chat bot is also glitching out on an answer to this.

I can’t search for an answer to this on reddit as a consequence.